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Parking Ticket at UofT
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GateKeeper
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I guess not, you got a ticket...
so are you a student there, if not, you do not have consent to park there, hence the ticket
so are you a student there, if not, you do not have consent to park there, hence the ticket
GateKeeper
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then there is no problem, your a student, you have consent, unless you need to display a permit or something
in your case I would contest it
Sorry, but that's just not so. If vehicles are required to pay a daily or annual fee for parking, then you're parking without consent. If you're parking in a place in which motor vehicles are not permitted to park, like a sidewalk or the boulevard, then you're parking without consent. You do not have blanket consent to park anywhere, even if a fee is paid.
GateKeeper
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I was assuming, since he is a student, he did pay for parking rights, and he is parking there legally, parking in the area designated as parking, and so based on those assumptions the ticket he got for parking without consent would not be valid.
If he came to visit, not a student, blaa blaaa blaaa, then he is SOL, and he can pay for the ticket he got...
You make it sound as though I was suggesting, he could park in a Handicap spot, or in the fire route, or where ever he felt like
OP did say he "So I got a parking ticket at UofT outside Medical Science Building where all the scooters and bicycles park."
sounded like he parked where he was supposed to, at least to me it did.....maybe because it was a motorbike and not a scooter, this I don't know....
you can get the same type of ticket infraction if you park in a condo/townhouse complex and you don't register your car with the complex, you are then in fact parking without consent, we issue tickets like this all the time....
I highlighted the section of your post, that indicates he was not in a valid spot. Not being in a valid spot, with or without a parking permit, can result in the stated ticket.
*EDIT* For whatever ridiculous reason scooters do not generally get tickets for parking on sidewalks or near bicycle racks, when they have no legal right to do so. Motorcycles usually do get tickets.
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GateKeeper
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and I highlited my reason for why it might not have been legal......
still unless it says no parking of motorcycles, I would fight the ticket, based on the fact it was a ticket for "parking without consent" not because it was in a spot not for motorcycles...
but that is me, and my argument would be just that.....I do have consent. so write up a ticket for parking a vehicle in a non designated parking spot, or something to that effect....
You could fight it all that you want, but there's no specific need to post that motorcycles can't park on sidewalks or on the boulevard. It's in the Toronto bylaws. As to the comment about parking without consent if you have a permit provided by the owner of the private property, then it applies to parking in indicated areas. If you don't have a permit, then you can't even park in the indicated areas. Unfortunately there didn't seem to be any motorcycles parked there when the Google car went by the building, or the answer as to where he was parked would be easily answered.
*EDIT* Correction: OP, is this the area where you parked; behind the trees?
http://goo.gl/maps/GPlf
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GateKeeper
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We are not talking about parking on sidewalks, boulevards and so on, where one already knows that one cannot park there, so I don't understand why you even bring it up.
he got a ticket for parking without owner's consent, that is what the fight should be about, and that is the fight I would take to the first attendance meeting.
as for parking consent, some places do have designated areas, some do not, some have visitor parking, others have just open parking not marked as anything and others have spots marked for residents/owners and all other spots are open for anyone else with consent...
and as far as parking tickets go, all should be fought, and you always have a 50/50 chance of at least getting it reduced......
or don't ***** about it, and pay the ticket and move on, entirely your choice....
he got a ticket for parking without owner's consent, that is what the fight should be about, and that is the fight I would take to the first attendance meeting.
as for parking consent, some places do have designated areas, some do not, some have visitor parking, others have just open parking not marked as anything and others have spots marked for residents/owners and all other spots are open for anyone else with consent...
and as far as parking tickets go, all should be fought, and you always have a 50/50 chance of at least getting it reduced......
or don't ***** about it, and pay the ticket and move on, entirely your choice....
... and some are private sidewalks, intended for foot traffic only. That's why I posted my question, above.
I know the the specific area OP is talking about. I had class there every day for way too many years.
It is ONLY a bike rack (expanded cement pad with bike rack off a sidewalk) No legal parking. Scooters, Motorcycles take their chances. And I do agree scooters are less likely to get a ticket.
Simply paying tuition and having class does not give you the right to even park in designated parking areas you must pay specifically for your parking priviledges.
Not arguing the other points but there are no grounds to fight the ticket at all in this case. You may still try hoping for someone having a good day or just luck but it is just a bike area.
My advise would be to try parking near the Engineering building a number of bikes have parked there without tickets but it's still taking a chance. That may have changed now though.
It is ONLY a bike rack (expanded cement pad with bike rack off a sidewalk) No legal parking. Scooters, Motorcycles take their chances. And I do agree scooters are less likely to get a ticket.
Simply paying tuition and having class does not give you the right to even park in designated parking areas you must pay specifically for your parking priviledges.
Not arguing the other points but there are no grounds to fight the ticket at all in this case. You may still try hoping for someone having a good day or just luck but it is just a bike area.
My advise would be to try parking near the Engineering building a number of bikes have parked there without tickets but it's still taking a chance. That may have changed now though.
The only viable argument that I can see, would be pointing to the unticketed scooters as showing implied consent for motorized two-wheeled vehicles to use the area, but that is more likely to just screw things up for scooter riders than it is to have the ticket quashed.
Thanks for all your help guys. I parked in bicycle spot where most scooters park and on occasion sport bikes park there too.
This is downtown Toronto and we are supposed to be park on the side of the road with other cars but I don't want people backing into my bike. I've seen it almost happen and I ran up to stop the driver. I parked beside bicycles because I felt it was safer for my bike. I see scooters and some bikes park there so I thought it would be fine too. If I can fight and win this ticket, then I will be able to park safely for the rest of the time on campus.
Here is a picture of it exactly.
Thanks again.
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=univ...HqN_4-wTOGpGvC6rFA&cbp=12,148.2,,0,21.25&z=20
This is downtown Toronto and we are supposed to be park on the side of the road with other cars but I don't want people backing into my bike. I've seen it almost happen and I ran up to stop the driver. I parked beside bicycles because I felt it was safer for my bike. I see scooters and some bikes park there so I thought it would be fine too. If I can fight and win this ticket, then I will be able to park safely for the rest of the time on campus.
Here is a picture of it exactly.
Thanks again.
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=univ...HqN_4-wTOGpGvC6rFA&cbp=12,148.2,,0,21.25&z=20
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